donon jahaan de ke vo samjhe ye khush rahaa — Mirza Ghalib

phir usi bevafaa pe marte hain
phir vahi zindagi hamaari hai

umr bhar dekhaa kiye marne ki raah
mar gae par dekhiye dikhlaaein kyaa

saadgi o purkaari be-khudi o hushyaari
husn ko taghaaful mein jurat-aazmaa paayaa

girni thi ham pe barq-e-tajalli na tuur par
dete hain baada zarf-e-qadah-khvaar dekh kar

naakaami-e-nigaah hai barq-e-nazaaraa-soz
tu vo nahin ki tujh ko tamaashaa kare koi

marte hain aarzu mein marne ki
maut aati hai par nahin aati

gham hai na ab khushi hai na ummid hai na yaas
sab se najaat paae zamaane guzar gae

nahin nahin main bahut khush rahaa huun tere baghair
yaqin kar ki ye haalat abhi abhi hui hai

mohabbat ek khushbu hai hamesha saath chalti hai
koi insaan tanhaai mein bhi tanhaa nahin rahtaa

anjaam khushi kaa duniyaa mein sach kahte ho gham hotaa hai
saabit hai gul aur shabnam se jo hanstaa hai vo rotaa hai

ab tak dil-e-khush-fahm ko tujh se hain umidein
ye aakhiri shamein bhi bujhaane ke liye aa

lahja ki jaise subh ki khushbu azaan de
ji chaahtaa hai main tiri aavaaz chuum luun